Mentoring and Influencing a Younger Generation – Some Thoughts for Those who are Older

What do we want from this generation?  We want them to know our God and love Him. We want to influence our generation to love God’s Word, know it thoroughly, and apply it to the way they live their lives.  We want them to be “all-in” for God and willing to follow Christ and live for His sake and the gospels.  We want them to join the great cloud of witnesses who lived by faith and “subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, [and] obtained promises” (Hebrews 11:33).  Those are what makes Christianity successful!  Let’s stay focused on those things.

Don’t Let Your Older Years Become Your Colder Years

Let’s determine that this will never happen to us.  Let’s determine that we will not close our lives by just being comfortable and casual in our Christianity.  Let’s never get to the place where we refuse to acknowledge and repent when we are wrong.  Let’s choose to live faithfully rather than pragmatically.  We should be more than just tradition-defenders. We should also be team-players in the Lord’s work.  Let’s never forget to seek God in our older years.

What about Proverbs 22:6? Part 2

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Last week I wrote an article about the debate surrounding Proverbs 22:6.  If you would like to read that article you can do so (HERE).  It was in my heart to evaluate why there…

OBSERVATIONS FROM A SUMMER OF MINISTRY IN TEEN CAMPS

I love teen camps. I especially love preaching at teen camps. This summer, I had the privilege of preaching in 5 different camps and, in my opinion, it was an epic summer of ministry.  Here is what I have observed: I am thankful for the privilege to preach to so many teens.  It is one…